Work continues on the scoreboard at Alabama State's new stadium earlier this week. The stadium is set to be finished in time for the Turkey Day Classic on Thanksgiving.

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Tim Gayle
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Alabama State officials held their final community meeting for the new football stadium on Thursday night, just a week before its scheduled completion and 13 days before the annual Turkey Day Classic with Tuskegee on Thanksgiving.

"This is a great day in the life and time of Alabama State University," said university president Dr. Joseph Silver. "Developing a facility such as this is an awesome task. This stadium is a 'people' stadium. Yes, it's going on Alabama State University's campus, but we couldn't even begin to think about just holding Alabama State events in this facility. We're ...